Light trailer titles.

WORKING DRAFT
2014
STATE OF
WYOMING
14LSO-0216

HOUSE BILL
NO.

HB0060

Light trailer titles.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Greear, Larsen, Lubnau and Moniz and Senator(s) Driskill and Geis

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
vehicle titling; removing titling requirements for specified trailers;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S.
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101(
b),
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102(a)
by creating
a
new paragraph (vii), 31
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103(a)(vi), 31
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104(a), (h)(ii) and by creating new paragraph (iii) and 31
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225(c) by creating new paragraph (ii) are amended to read:

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101.

Required application.

(b)

Every owner or transferee upon transfer of ownership of any vehicle that has an identifying number pursuant to W.S. 31
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101(
a)(ix), including off-road
recreational or multipurpose vehicles and, for the purpose of titling under this section, including snowmobiles and watercraft,
but excluding utility trailers weighing one thousand (1,000) pounds or less
unladen
,
shall apply for a certificate of title at the office of a county clerk.

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102.

Exemptions.

(a)

No certificate of title shall be issued for:

(vii)

Utility trailers weighing one thousand (1,000) pounds or less
unladen
.

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103.

Contents of application; signature; vehicle identification number; issuance of certificate.

(a)

Applications for paper certificates of title or electronic certificates of title, if available, shall be under oath and contain or be accompanied by:

(vi)

In the case of a vehicle registered or titled in a state other than Wyoming, or any

nonexempt
homemade vehicle, rebuilt vehicle, reconstructed vehicle, any vehicle assembled from a kit or any vehicle for which a
bond is required, a current statement made by a Wyoming law enforcement officer, or licensed Wyoming dealer only for vehicles in his inventory or possession, that the vehicle identification number on the vehicle has been inspected and that the inspection occurred in Wyoming and certifying the correct vehicle identification number displayed on the vehicle. Any licensed Wyoming dealer performing an inspection of a vehicle identification number under this section shall, in addition to the requirements of this act, do so pursuant to W.S. 31
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108. In the case of a vehicle not in Wyoming, the vehicle identification number may be inspected and certified on a form approved by the department if the inspection is made by an authorized law enforcement officer of a city, county or state law enforcement agency or a commissioned officer at a federal military installation or any other person authorized to do so by law and delivered to the county clerk in the county where the application for certificate of title is made along with payment for the inspection fee required under W.S. 31
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102(b)(iv);

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104.

Transfer of ownership.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the owner of a vehicle who sells or transfers his interest in a vehicle for which a certificate of title

is required and
has been issued shall endorse an assignment and warranty of title upon the certificate for the vehicle with a statement of all liens and encumbrances thereon, which assignment, warranty and statement shall be subscribed by the owner before a notarial officer and acknowledged thereby in the manner provided by law, to be dated and delivered to the transferee at the time of delivering the vehicle. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the transferee shall present the certificate to a county clerk and apply for a new certificate of title within the same time periods as required by W.S. 31
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201(
a)(ii).

(h)

The requirement under subsection (a) of this section to deliver a certificate of title to a transferee at the time the vehicle is delivered does not apply to a transferor if:

(ii)

The transferor is an auctioneer of vehicles and transfers the vehicle in the course of his business as an auctioneer of vehicles or through an auctioneer of vehicles. The transferor or auctioneer shall then deliver
the certificate of title to the transferee within thirty (30) days of the date of sale and shall deliver to the transferee at the time the vehicle is delivered a signed, notarized bill of sale in substantially the following form:

VEHICLE BILL OF SALE
I, (NAME OF TRANSFEROR OR AUCTIONEER), on (date), hereby sell and convey all (my interest the interest of (name of current owner)) in the following described vehicle: (COLOR, YEAR, MAKE, MODEL,
VEHICLE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) to (NAME OF TRANSFEREE) in exchange for: (sales price). I hereby state that the certificate of title for the above described vehicle is held by (NAME OF TRANSFEROR-VEHICLE AUCTIONEER, BANK OR OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION) and that within thirty (30) days, (NAME OF TRANSFEREE) will be provided a properly executed title free of all liens for the vehicle unless otherwise specified in this bill of sale.
DATE: _________
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(TRANSFEROR'S OR AUCTIONEER'S SIGNATURE)
(BILL OF SALE MUST BE NOTARIZED)
; or

(iii)

No certificate of title is required for the vehicle
being transferred
.

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225.

Application requirements; contents; weight certificate; title requirement; liability.

(c)

County treasurers shall not register nor renew the registration of a vehicle unless a certificate of title has been issued to the owner or the owner presents satisfactory evidence that a certificate of title for the vehicle has been previously issued to the owner by any county clerk except:

(ii)

A county treasurer may register a vehicle without the
vehicle's
title if no title is required
for the vehicle

and the owner, lessee or operator submits an affidavit of ownership on a form prescribed by the department which form is signed and sworn before a person authorized to administer oaths and affirmations.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2014.

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